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Chrome out of Beta and working

Not sure if anyone has noticed, but Chrome now works with the 120 DPI setting, and I must say it is a really nice browser, will definitely switch from the stock one.

Do you think they will drop the stock browser for Chrome? I think they might on Jelly Bean.
Also, I had it before on my fire but it takes so much space 60 megs of internal storage. So I uninstalled it. Also NO FLASH.
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bahehs said:
Do you think they will drop the stock browser for Chrome? I think they might on Jelly Bean.
Also, I had it before on my fire but it takes so much space 60 megs of internal storage. So I uninstalled it. Also NO FLASH.
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Yeah, they dropped it for Chrome in JB.

bahehs said:
Do you think they will drop the stock browser for Chrome? I think they might on Jelly Bean.
Also, I had it before on my fire but it takes so much space 60 megs of internal storage. So I uninstalled it. Also NO FLASH.
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But its way better than the stock browser. When I need flash I just go to the stock browser.
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Anytime I go to Chrome settings it crashes. Do you guys have the same experience?

Crashes for me too
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TahrirSquare said:
Anytime I go to Chrome settings it crashes. Do you guys have the same experience?
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Same thing here. I posted a logcat over in the Gederom dev thread but I'm not sure it's a ROM issue. Sounds more widespread.

I have noticed major memory leaks with Chrome... not on my KF, but on my unrooted galaxy note get n7000. After a couple hours in the background, it takes over the system
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ICS Browser + is way better

Firefox is out of beta and I really like it, it's fast.

TahrirSquare said:
Anytime I go to Chrome settings it crashes. Do you guys have the same experience?
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chris_m128 said:
Crashes for me too
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Badgerino said:
Same thing here. I posted a logcat over in the Gederom dev thread but I'm not sure it's a ROM issue. Sounds more widespread.
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Count me also. Hope we get a fix but will go back to Firefox or Dolphin in the meantime. Disappointed in the stock browser as it always seems hesitant/slow for me - I'd love to use it.

Anyone solve this yet?

Me too
Crashes for me too when I try to go into settings. Running Energy ROM on rooted KF
Might give firefox a try

nelagster said:
Crashes for me too when I try to go into settings. Running Energy ROM on rooted KF
Might give firefox a try
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I'm having issues with Firefox too.

Badgerino said:
Anyone solve this yet?
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nelagster said:
Crashes for me too when I try to go into settings. Running Energy ROM on rooted KF
Might give Firefox a try
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Any solutions or suggestions?
Tried Firefox but it seems very sluggish to me

dadeo1111 said:
Any solutions or suggestions?
Tried Firefox but it seems very sluggish to me
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I used to have the same problem when using the 120 DPI setting with the beta version of chrome, if switched back to 160 it would work just fine. Finally this out-of-beta version works fine with 120 DPI.
Not sure what might be different, I tried multiple options but nothing worked until now.

Dolphin seems to have more features than Chrome. Chrome keeps cropping out when I was use it.

New firefox browser = smoothest browser?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox
Past Firefox has sucked hardcore, but now, wow. Its smooth, no chopping zooming out either, it reminds me of the stock galaxy s2 with the bounce effect.
Try it out. Tell me I am wrong
What browser is smoother in your opinion

I'll give it a try, thanks
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using FF brower since 4-6 weeks, in my eyes one of the best.
at my pc i am usig FF to, no sync feature as well.

Seems very slow at loading pages and text is shown very blurry. I've yet to find a better browser than SGS3 stock browser.
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Happy with the new dolphin browse
The download manager is awesome resume supported too....
Hit THANKS is u agree with me.
~RR

Downloading
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I think it's amazing except for one major flaw which causes me not to use it.
The address bar doesn't scroll away when your scroll down webpages, it takes up too much of the screen real-estate.

debanikonline said:
Happy with the new dolphin browse
The download manager is awesome resume supported too....
Hit THANKS is u agree with me.
~RR
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lol hit THANKS if you're against puppy abuse
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CuBz90 said:
Seems very slow at loading pages and text is shown very blurry. I've yet to find a better browser than SGS3 stock browser.
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Try ics+ browser then. Stock browser but the quick controls are fantastic.
debanikonline said:
Happy with the new dolphin browse
The download manager is awesome resume supported too....
Hit THANKS is u agree with me.
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Dolphin is good in writing, but too unreliable. Tabs didn't load a lot of the time it didn't even show up at all. Had to keep changing the current from desktop to phone just so i could post messages on different sites....the list goes on.

Any way to back up the bookmarks like Dolphin? I installed it when the stock browser was fc-ing on bookmarks and found the import/export feature makes life easier.

People should really give boat browser a chance. Very good speedy browser! :good:

completely agree with boat browser. I don't understand, why is it so low profile, I have tried other popular ones like Opera, Dolphin (& mini), stock, etc, but Boat seems to be the best of the lot

I think dolphin browser hd is really good along with stock s3 browser.
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Chrome browser all the way. Faster than dolphin, opera and stock.
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I use chrome because I am all Google and signing in allows me to save bookmarks easier. I might try this and see how well it mashes with flash. I can not stand the stock browser for some reason.
Anyways the only thanks I am giving is to the one who presented us with the new version being out. Thanks OP!
By the way flash is still available for us
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30824028
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mikemikemikexxx said:
Chrome browser all the way. Faster than dolphin, opera and stock.
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For Firefox and Chrome, try loading engadget's desktop site. While loading, try scrolling down. You will see a lot blank white and takes sometime for it to load. Stock loads much faster.

Firefox has a great interface
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mikemikemikexxx said:
Chrome browser all the way. Faster than dolphin, opera and stock.
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it renders slowly and is not full screen. And it's pretty ugly

SiggiJarl said:
I think it's amazing except for one major flaw which causes me not to use it.
The address bar doesn't scroll away when your scroll down webpages, it takes up too much of the screen real-estate.
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THIS!

Maxthon is the best browser for Android:good:

Best Web Browser?

lol, these threads are usually annoying, but I'm desperate!
Tried Ocean browser but it's fugly with that grey color scheme (couldn't find a way to change it). It matters to me since I'll be browsing the net a lot.
Dolphin is the one I'm settled with at the moment and so far it's nice.
Will give Opera Beta a try.
Any others people use?

01alim said:
lol, these threads are usually annoying, but I'm desperate!
Tried Ocean browser but it's fugly with that grey color scheme (couldn't find a way to change it). It matters to me since I'll be browsing the net a lot.
Dolphin is the one I'm settled with at the moment and so far it's nice.
Will give Opera Beta a try.
Any others people use?
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I like Boat Browser. Give it a try.

01alim said:
lol, these threads are usually annoying...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2001219

brGabriel said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2001219
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Thanks. Can I ask what AOSP? Do I need root or...?

01alim said:
Thanks. Can I ask what AOSP? Do I need root or...?
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Definitely the best browser. Its android browser. Yes you need root. Once you do its very simple to install. Its the smoothest and does flash full screen videos without issues.
If you don't want to root, naked browser is also very good.

so far I'm loving firefox, it has adblock and it's smoother in flash videos. =D

+1 for Boat Browser, very fast and stable, supports flash and is very lightweight with about 3mb in size.
my default browser now for weeks

HansiHusten said:
+1 for Boat Browser, very fast and stable, supports flash and is very lightweight with about 3mb in size.
my default browser now for weeks
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I thought the free version of boat browser has ads and pop-ups asking u to upgrade to boat browser pro? i remembering reading that somewhere..
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Naked Browser. ...lightweight (114kb), fast, no ads...... been using it for the longest now...on my phone and tablet
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D-X69 said:
I thought the free version of boat browser has ads and pop-ups asking u to upgrade to boat browser pro? i remembering reading that somewhere..
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The ads are only in the history and bookmarks pages.
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SFG said:
The ads are only in the history and bookmarks pages.
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yeah i guess so, just installed it on my n10, and after using it for a day ive set it as my default browser
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Chrome is the best browser, for me
Works fast (after the V8 Javascript update), and I haven't had it crash yet that I can recall (I do wonder what people are doing to have it crash "repeatedly" though since I haven't had any issues).
AOSP Browser comes in second for me. Anything else isn't an option for me unless it syncs with Google.

I get 300 with puffin in sunspider
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For me Opera is the best.

espionage724 said:
Chrome is the best browser, for me
Works fast (after the V8 Javascript update), and I haven't had it crash yet that I can recall (I do wonder what people are doing to have it crash "repeatedly" though since I haven't had any issues).
AOSP Browser comes in second for me. Anything else isn't an option for me unless it syncs with Google.
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I would agree if Chrome did flash.
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01alim said:
I would agree if Chrome did flash.
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Have you tried Boat yet? I'm curious what you thought of it.

I'm using Boat as my browser at the moment actually.
It's great so far.
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Chrome for almost everything. I use the "other devices" feature several times a day. It's great being able to instantly pull up any tab open on the desktop, laptop, tablet, or other phone.
Firefox Beta or Dolphin Beta for stuff that requires flash. Don't really use AOSP browser anymore.

irishrally said:
Chrome for almost everything. I use the "other devices" feature several times a day. It's great being able to instantly pull up any tab open on the desktop, laptop, tablet, or other phone.
Firefox Beta or Dolphin Beta for stuff that requires flash. Don't really use AOSP browser anymore.
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How do you get Dolphin Beta to actually play Flash? for me whenever I try and enable it, Dolphin tells me it's naughty and refuses to let me force-enable it!
edit: I have installed the Flash APK already, it's just Dolphin Beta fighting against me...

chaosdefinesorder said:
How do you get Dolphin Beta to actually play Flash? for me whenever I try and enable it, Dolphin tells me it's naughty and refuses to let me force-enable it!
edit: I have installed the Flash APK already, it's just Dolphin Beta fighting against me...
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I think you have to change some parameter to Ipad, it's on Android I think, sorry but forgot which option is it. Say if it worked!

is the chrome browser really that bad?

[for non-rooted only]
it seems like alot of people have problems with chrome being slow and causing reboots, etc.
what other browsers are better? i heard chrome beta is good?

jamaaal said:
[for non-rooted only]
it seems like alot of people have problems with chrome being slow and causing reboots, etc.
what other browsers are better? i heard chrome beta is good?
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anyone know other good browsers that they dont really have problems with?

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anyone know other good browsers that they dont really have problems with?
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Pretty much anything that's not Chrome. I've always used AOSP on the N10, but I've used Dolphin and One Browser on my Photon. My Photon is also on Gingerbread though, so YMMV.
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Koopa777 said:
Pretty much anything that's not Chrome. I've always used AOSP on the N10, but I've used Dolphin and One Browser on my Photon. My Photon is also on Gingerbread though, so YMMV.
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ok. though im unrooted, stock only and cant use AOSP.
does anyone know if firefox is good? is there a risk of my n10 data being like..gone from some error by using chrome?

jamaaal said:
ok. though im unrooted, stock only and cant use AOSP.
does anyone know if firefox is good? is there a risk of my n10 data being like..gone from some error by using chrome?
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as a matter of fact you can use the AOSP browser without root, take a look at here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2385933
I have been using it and it's way better than chrome at least in my N10, it seems to work better in my N4
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Mainly use Firefox myself because I like the sync with my desktop and support for browser add-ons.
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Mainly use Firefox myself because I like the sync with my desktop and support for browser add-ons.
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Same here and never like Firefox on my mobile devices before but seems much better on my nexus 10...
I've read where you can get flash to work with it also but so far no luck here getting it to work, after flash installs it never shows up as a add on? I haven't rooted my N10 and honestly not sure I'm going to...
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[Q] What browser are you using on 4.4.2?

Seriously this stock browser is absolute shyte

I'm torn between Firefox and next.
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Aosp.

Why is this showing zero replies when you're on the main Troubleshooting page and it isn't getting moved up when someone replies?
Edit: It's fixed now, strange.

Crome Bata and Dolphin Browser.
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I just use Chrome since it's connected with my account to on my PC.
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I have always used and will likely continue to use Firefox for Android, as I have been a Firefox user for more than half a decade.

What are the differences between the 4.3 stock browser and the KK one?

Boat browser...I like the plugins and UI feel...
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Using Dolphin since it can work with the hacked Flash apk.

Anyone know if any apps have working text reflow AND sync with desktop chrome or google? Flash would be a bonus but at this point I am really not happy with googles decision to kill text reflow.

FAUguy said:
Using Dolphin since it can work with the hacked Flash apk.
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Where is the hacked Flash file?

airmaxx23 said:
Where is the hacked Flash file?
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I've been using Firefox, but it seems much less stable since I updated to KK.

This is driving me nuts, there has to be a way to have re-flow and sync!

Morkai Almandragon said:
This is driving me nuts, there has to be a way to have re-flow and sync!
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Agreed, I'm going back to 4.3. I cannot have a phone without a broswer that doesn't suck!

Browser bowser
I use dolphin for most non flash sites. The hacked flash worked for one or two page loads, then kaput. I uninstalled it then went back to a different flash apk with firefox. Together they work, but sputter.

Why can't the 4.3.1 brower work on NC2 or NC4?